obedient
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obedient
- /əˈbiːdɪənt/ UK
- /əʊˈbiːdɪənt/ UK
- /əˈbidiənt/ US
- /oʊˈbidiənt/ US
Where it comes from
From Middle English obedient, from Old French obedient, from Latin oboediēns, present active participle of oboediō (“obey”).
adjective more obedient · most obedient
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Willing to comply with the commands, orders, or instructions of those in authority; biddable.
Jessica was so intensely obedient of her parents that her brother sometimes thought she was a robot.
Similar: hearsome, dutiful, compliant, bowsome, buxom, morigerous, obedible, obedient, obsequent, obsequious, tall, toward
Opposite: disobedient, dominant, argumentative, breachy, contumacious, defiant, froward, immorigerous, inobedient, insubmissive, insubordinate, insurgent, nonobedient, obstreperous, rebellious, recalcitrant, recusant, refractory, restiff, restive, unbowsome, unbuxom, uncompliant, uncontrollable, uncooperative, ungovernable, unmanageable, unobedient, unobeying, unobliging
noun obedients
- One who obeys. Damn the obedients and hail the defiants if you will; the experiment does not motivate confidence about how particular subjects would behave in markedly dissimilar situations.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: biddable, compliant, acquiescent, duteous, dutiful, conformable, docile, tractable, wise, sage, dedicated, devoted, submissive, pliant, amenable, yielding
adjective
Opposite: disobedient, dominant, argumentative, breachy, contumacious, defiant, froward, immorigerous, inobedient, insubmissive, insubordinate, insurgent, nonobedient, obstreperous, rebellious, recalcitrant, recusant, refractory, restiff, restive, unbowsome, unbuxom, uncompliant, uncontrollable, uncooperative, ungovernable, unmanageable, unobedient, unobeying, unobliging
Translations
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adj willing to comply with commands
| Español | obediente |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 순종적 sunjongjeok |
| 日本語 | 従順な jūjun na, 忠実な chūjitsu na, 大人しい otonashii |
| 中文 | 服從的 /服从的 fúcóng de, 順從的 /顺从的 shùncóng de, 聽話 /听话 tīnghuà, 乖 guāi |
| हिन्दी | आज्ञाकारी ājñākārī |
| Português | obediente |
| Français | obéissant |
| Deutsch | gehorsam, folgsam |
| Italiano | ubbidiente |
| Ελληνικά | υπάκουος ypákouos |
| Română | ascultător, obedient, docil, supus |
| Русский | послу́шный poslúšnyj, поко́рный pokórnyj |
| Tiếng Việt | vâng lời, tuân lời |
| العربية | مُطِيع muṭīʕ, مُذْعِن muḏʕin |
| עברית | צַיְתָנִי tsaytani |
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title = {obedient},
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